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Discussion: White Girl Gets Braids, Twitter Goes Off
Member Since: 5/19/2011
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Originally posted by !Blue!
I guess your other opinions were about black people in general too and not only the ones who call it appropriation
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Maybe cuz I don't see white people claiming it as cultural appropriation, duh.
I know it's not right to generalize but mostly black people are the ones [the only ones] doing the most here.
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Member Since: 8/31/2013
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The ignorance flourishing through is just blinding. Who made African American ladies sole owners of braids?
It's not like Africans inverted them.
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Member Since: 8/18/2013
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Originally posted by *Tim
That's not true. They are called trailer park trash
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Wow, how sad. I mean, black people get called ratchet and ghetto and stuff like this happens:
But white people get called edgy and cool and urban... and trailer park trash.
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Seethe
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Member Since: 8/19/2013
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Originally posted by Waffles O'Brien
I never understood why appropriation SJW's were so ignorant.
People embracing each other cultures (in a non-mocking way of course) is the path to a post racial and racist free society. Someone shouldn't have to limit their options or stop from exploring culture because some idiots are insecure.
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You act like the appropriation SJW's want that They like segregation, if they didn't they wouldnt be so hell bent on pointing out cultural appropriation 24/7. They love the back and forth.
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Member Since: 2/6/2012
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No need to all out attack her
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Member Since: 9/1/2013
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Originally posted by Flare
A hit dog will hollar.
I didn't say i'm better than you for not "understanding". I don't even care if people don't understand. The world is a mess for so many other reason than just "everyday race issues" like this one. I can't be bothered about that mess. I can only give my 2 cents, tell people to see things from my side and then move on.
Nothing, "elite" going on over here. Trust me.
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wtf does any of this have to do with what i said? i just said that you're acting like your opinion is superior to other people's because their opinions apparently come from "brainwashing". there's no way you could say that without thinking of other people's opinions as inferior, as if they're not as smart or thoughtful as you or something. you can post as many laugh emoticons as you want but you still are showing an undeserved air of superiority and that's irritating
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Member Since: 6/30/2012
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Originally posted by B'Day
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Certain schools have rules.
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Member Since: 8/18/2013
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Originally posted by Waffles O'Brien
Oh please bitch..... cultural appropriation is, and will remain, a bull **** allegation made by people too stupid to come up with a real argument and just want a reason to hate other people.
The idea that culture is something that can be owned or stolen is a completely racist idea inherently.
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Now see, when you use logic like this, you look misinformed. This is the same logic used now where like now you can't even be a feminist anymore because the term has become so played out and abused, people in the masses just don't care to understand any of it whether it's the best feminist or the worst feminist, people don't care.
There is cultural appropriation that exists. Is this specific girl "appropriating black culture"? Meh, probably not but to pretend there is nothing bad about the general situation of it (white people never being looked down when doing "black things" but black people doing black things is instantly trashy, unclassy etc.) is literally being ignorant. Even though she isn't specifically creating an issue, the hairstyle and the situation open a dialogue that needs to be addressed.
Don't hush away race issues because they're still happening everyday.
Tl;dr: The girl is ok but let's use this to talk about an actual issue directly related to her hair and what it stands for. If you think it's "just a hairstyle" then the dialogue on this is very important to listen to and understand things from another's perspective.
EDIT: Accelgors(sp?) read this before you type me another essay that literally is based on your perception I think the girl's hair is appropriating anything.
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8 ****ing pages worry about the real issues in life, not some kid having braids. My GOD
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Member Since: 5/19/2011
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Originally posted by B'Day
Wow, how sad. I mean, black people get called ratchet and ghetto and stuff like this happens:
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This is disgusting, tbh.
I like how all of them look.
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Member Since: 8/18/2013
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i honestly think a lot of these appropriation things are very far-fetched, but a lot of them are also accurate. i think bashing people for wearing native american headdresses/kimonos/etc is silly, but i can see how this is viewed as racist/cultural appropriation. she wasn't intending to appropriate it, but i'm sure there are plenty of people that do get box braids to 'seem black'.
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This image DISGUSTS me I mean how is an 11 year old girl having a better phone than me
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I have never heard ANYONE refer to white people with dreads in a positive manner...
Most people I've come across are either indifferent or totally against it, even white people. I've never head anyone call a white person with dreads "cool", "edgy", or "unique".
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Originally posted by Flare
It's an issue for 2 very distinct reasons:
1) When a white woman has dreads, box braids whatever "black" (not the right term but whatever) hairstyles, society says it's "cool" and "edgy". However, when a black woman has those same exact styles, it's perceived as "ratchet", "messy" or "dirty".
2) In relation to reason 1, society looks down on black women who do have those styles and basically creates this barrier to which, if you want to be black and accepted into regular society, you have to wear a nice straight or wavy hairstyle as a woman to be accepted (and as a man you have to have a shaved hair style so it's a similar thing but I don't want to delve too far off the topic of women).
I would also throw in that when in the 2000s, black women were basically all over the claw nail style that you see on majority of your faves these days. Black women were bashed for having those nails and that style being "ghetto". Now in the 2010s, it's suddenly accepted because white women started doing it.
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1. They're usually called "white trash." It is a racial problem, though, that black hairstyles on a person are associated with lower class stereotypes.
2.Wouldn't this be breaking that taboo? If black hair becomes more popular and the majority start wearing it, don't you think it will come to be accepted?
3. You're talking about acrylic nails and those are from China (hence the stereotype). The black stereotype in the 90s was oversized acrylic nails (see: Friday).
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Originally posted by BeBeMint
You act like the appropriation SJW's want that They like segregation, if they didn't they wouldnt be so hell bent on pointing out cultural appropriation 24/7. They love the back and forth.
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I agree w/ them on most things but when it comes to them screaming ridiculous things like "DONT EAT SUSHI IT'S CULTURAL APPROPRIATION!!!11!!!" I just...
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Originally posted by Big Smoke
I swear black women be mad at everything. Jesus Christ.
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Globally, black people's appearance are the most unappreciated and ridiculed though. Black people still get associated with monkeys in 2015. This anger over some braids is stupid. But this anger has a legitimate source. They are expressing it in the wrong ways on twitter, but still. If a white person goes to some countries, they are welcome with open arms. If a black person goes, they either get laughed at or they are immediately assumed to be laborers, prostitutes, nannies, housekeepers, etc. That's how the world works, but it's still wrong anyway you spin it. The contributions can be appreciated worldwide, but not the people themselves. People, not even just black people, have a right to be mad about it.
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Originally posted by BadBitches
Certain schools have rules.
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So you think that's like okay?
I remember back in secondary school when my friend was always told to tie her hair because she had an afro. THAT. IS. THE. TEXTURE. OF. HER. NATURAL. HAIR. SHE. CANNOT. HELP. IT.
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Originally posted by Jety92
This is disgusting, tbh.
I like how all of them look.
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Same, those girls look beautiful. Their hair, their choice!
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